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A Look At The Bills In Wisconsin And Michigan That Would Limit Newly-Elected Democrats

4:25pm December 04, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Governing Magazine reporter Alan Greenblatt about bills by Republican legislatures in Michigan and Wisconsin that would roll back the powers of newly-elected Democrats.

The city of Del Mar, Calif., located about 20 miles north of downtown San Diego, has voted against a formal policy of "managed retreat" from rising seas.

'Retreat' Is Not An Option As A California Beach Town Plans For Rising Seas

3:36pm December 04, 2018

by Nathan Rott

Tens of millions of U.S. homes are threatened by rising seas. Communities across the country are planning for that future, but there are challenges to even having the discussion.

An island fox, trapped by a Nature Conservancy biologist, undergoes a quick check-up before being released.

VIDEO: To Save A Fox, Scientists Took To Land, Air And Sea

3:19pm December 04, 2018

When the population of Channel Islands foxes started to vanish in the '90s, no one knew why. Bringing them back from near-extinction has meant unraveling a mystery that started with World War II.

Ohio State Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer is retiring, the school said on Tuesday. He's shown with his wife, Shelley Meyer, after defeating the Northwestern Wildcats in the Big Ten conference championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Urban Meyer Will Retire As Ohio State's Football Coach, After Scandal-Marred Season

2:24pm December 04, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Meyer will be replaced by Ohio State's offensive coordinator Ryan Day, who led the team when the head coach served his suspension for the first three games of the 2018 season.

Veterans gather at the site of the 1776 Battle of Fort Washington in Manhattan. They are calling on the VA to rename the Manhattan VA Medical Center in honor of Margaret Corbin, who took her husband's place during the battle after he was killed.

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'To Care For Him': Female Veterans Ask VA To Include Them In Its Motto

12:16pm December 04, 2018

by Quil Lawrence

The VA motto, which is taken from Lincoln's second inaugural speech, addresses veterans with the male pronoun. Some veterans want to change the wording to include women.

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Then-President George H.W. Bush fishing on the Kennebunk River in August 1990, before a scheduled meeting with the Canadian prime minister at his Kennebunkport, Maine home.

For President Bush, Escaping To Maine Was A 'Point Of View'

10:40am December 04, 2018

by Fred Bever

No matter where in the globe former President Bush's pursuits took him, he circled back every year, as if tethered, to Walker's Point — his family's estate in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Republican lawmakers in Michigan meet Tuesday to try to limit some of Democratic Attorney General-elect Dana Nessel's authority.

In States They Lost, Some GOP Lawmakers Rush To Limit New Democrats' Power

8:48am December 04, 2018

This week, Republican lawmakers in Michigan and Wisconsin have called special sessions to curb authority of newly elected statewide Democrats who pose a threat to Republicans' accomplishments.

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Dungeness crab like these, caught off the coast of Alaska, have been affected by the neurotoxin domoic acid because of algae blooms in recent years, which makes them unsafe to eat.

Fishermen Sue Big Oil For Its Role In Climate Change

8:39am December 04, 2018

by Alastair Bland

The food industry is already feeling the effects of climate change, which will likely force expensive adaptations in the future. At least one sector is looking to make energy companies pay.

Emantic Bradford Sr. (left) discusses the results of a forensic examination on his son, EJ, who was fatally shot by police on Thanksgiving. Flanked by attorney Ben Crump, the elder Bradford addressed a news conference Monday in Birmingham, Ala.

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Alabama Police Shot EJ Bradford From Behind, Family Says: 'My Son Was Murdered'

6:42am December 04, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. was fatally shot by a police officer on Thanksgiving. Now, the black man's family says autopsy evidence demonstrates that the officer should be "charged with murder."

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Colorado Boy Gets Town's Ban On Snowball Fights Overturned

6:22am December 04, 2018

The century-old law in Severance banned throwing rocks or other "missiles." Nine-year-old Dane Best organized a letter writing campaign, and called the law "outdated."

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